I lost a marriage 28 years ago ... not a son, but... -- j
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Hey, I was 10. I liked it because it looked meaner than some other fighter planes.

That is the way to do it! We eat lobster and Atlantic fish that way up here in communist New England all the time. Congrats again.

The P-39 had its issues. It was called the Iron Dog by many. The engine was behind the pilot with a crankshaft all the way to the propeller. Chuck Yeager got his start training in P-39's at the Tonopah, Nevada Army Air Force Base. The AAF found a good use for it as a low level attack fighter over Guadalcanal. You did not want to dogfight a zero in one of these.

Thank you.

Wonderful. Couldn't eat everything we ordered. The doggy bag is way too good for the dog. Sunday it's the family's turn. We are going to a restaurant that was started by a fish market. They are located right on the gulf. They have their own boats and you can eat fish and shrimp and scallops that was caught just a few hours before.

Thank you.
Talk about low trade-in value. I've got so much wrong with me that if I were a car, the dealer would pay not to trade me in.

Being ancient, I got my first bike before what we called "racing bikes" were popular or even available. It was a blue and cream Schwinn with new departure foot back-pedal brakes. One speed and no help for the legs I rode it all over Detroit from one end of the city to another, and considering it was 30 mile wide at the top it was no mean feat. We got our first TV when it was only a 10" B&W screen and programming didn't start until 5 pm. My maternal Grandpa spoke 4 languages, none of them very well except possibly Russian. He told me stories of the revolution. He loved the kind of caviar that was orange and you could smell it 3 city blocks away. He'd spread it thick on black bread. He drank the cheapest whiskey you could buy. He once told me that it was so cold in Russia that the flames on the candles froze, but that was OK since they were so hungry they ate them.

I was trying to remember when I was 10 years old. Thanks for the correction. I read all I could about the Bell Aerocobra. That it had a water cooled Allison engine, etc. I dreamt that I'd pilot one some day. I don't remember any more details, but I think I got that right.

Thanks.
I had a music teacher who was trying to get us to play a difficult rhythm. He finally said about the timing we couldn't get right, "Time passes, so move your asses."

Life makes you tough.

Congrats, Herb!

Love dark scotch ales and stouts! Mead is pretty awesome too. I've always wanted to make a mead from maple syrup, which I love and cook everything with.

How was the anniversary dinner?

Congrats to both of you herb, We have a great and relationship and will never part. Besides my trade-in value is way too low.
Till death do us part. we meant it than and we still honor it now.

One of the questions I'd ask myself during an argument that starts getting heated is, "Is this the hill you want to die on?" We both like the analogy of the life as a roller-coaster. The wonderful ups, the dreadful downs and you only get off -- permanently.

Phew!
I always thought that the description of Thor drinking would be something like, ..."And he consumed great steins of nut brown ale." Those Vikings were big on brew. They also drank an ale made from honey called Mead. I think. I'm recalling 8th grade now.

Hi Herb; For those of us old enough to remember the days when there was not the instant gratifications provided by the supposed "marketplace", our memories recall something fuller than what is apparent today. I remember just taking the basketball out and perfecting sight, motion, and timing reflexes in sinking baskets, or getting on the ten speed and cruising miles just exploring the reality of the world. If weather was inclement, then I would build models or read books. Those are the memories of a kid back then.

But, I also remember at times, spending quiet evenings with my grandfather poring over his coin collection when I was a lad of 8 years old. This was in rural southwest New Hampshire, where the living room had a large painting of a four masted sailing ship plying rough seas.

No TV, no need for radio, forget the telephone party lines, the family goes their quiet ways of sitting in living rooms or in dining rooms such as I did with my granddad. The coins represented history, which he would elaborate upon year by year in his memory and upbringing. He was born in the 19th century, was slightly younger than Hitler and had been a gunnery instructor in WWI.

It is from my Dad, my granddad, and also my great granddad who was born in the Civil War that I have a deep appreciation of history and the passage of time. I also have the cherished memories of sitting and conversing with my great granddad born in the Civil War when I was reaching 12 years old. I was beginning to read and appreciate works like Ayn Rand, and speak to him of his memories. Here conversing with me was a man who was 12 years old when Custer was massacred, had seen the invention of the automobile, the airplane, radio, and a man in space - two world wars, depressions, umpteen presidents come and go. He was 100 years old and sitting with me under the shade of a tree in rural Pepperell, Massachusetts in 1964.

The history, the direct memories of people as they age are so precious and critical to humanity as it progresses - I get to a loss of words of how to appreciate the old folks. Partly, because I am one of them and have so much to say.

First Aerocobra was P-39. King cobra was P-63.

I only say because my Dad raised me on WWII aircraft. He was a P-38 crew chief in North Africa through Sicily and Italy. And then on the B-29 program in the states towards the end there. I still love those old aircraft. Rode in a CAF B-25 a while back.

ooohhh. . that hurts. . you must be tough. -- j
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well, married men live longer than single ones, so lingering is good!!! -- j
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I keep inviting people to beer tasting in New England. Said I'd buy!

My compliments! I'm at 25 years married and everybody I know keeps bragging for me, to me! Of course I'm mistaking thinking we'll do an uber goal of 30!!! 60 OMG! Your a rock and you rock!

What an inspiration! Congratulations to the both of you. I hope you have many more. Any advice for those also shooting for 60 years?

I want to party with YOU!

Perhaps exaggerating, at least about wine or sake, but the drinking volume does go with the Thor moniker.